Tim Barnett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tim Barnett
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 4, 1958(1958-08-04)
Age	66
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Tim Barnett Biography

Tim Barnett is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 4, 1958 in England, England, United Kingdom. New Zealand politician who served in his country’s Parliament as a representative of the Christchurch Central electorate. He was one of the first openly homosexual politicians in New Zealand.

He retired after the 2008 election, in which National Party politician John Key was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Timothy Andrew Barnett (born 4 August 1958) was the member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for Christchurch Central from 1996 to 2008, representing the Labour Party. He was a British immigrant to New Zealand and New Zealand’s second openly gay politician. Barnett moved to South Africa in 2009 to work in the field of HIV/AIDS. He returned to New Zealand in 2012 when he was appointed by the Labour Party as their general secretary.

He was elected to Parliament as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch Central in 1996. He has been active in many community-based organisations in New Zealand, including the lesbian, gay and transgender (LGBT) section of the Labour Party, (Rainbow Labour) which he helped to found in 1997, and is a supporter of UniQ, the Queer Students Association at New Zealand universities. He was the Parliamentary promoter of the Prostitution Law Reform Bill, a Bill in his name, which became law in 2003 and thus made New Zealand the first country in the world to decriminalise prostitution, and an outspoken supporter of the Civil Union Bill, which became law in 2004 and made New Zealand the first country outside Europe to legislate for equal relationship status for lesbian and gay couples. He was appointed Senior Government Whip after the 2005 election. He was known to be very active in his local electorate chairing a Youth Advisory Committee as well as being a regular contributor to the St Albans Neighbourhood News.

Born in Warwickshire, England, he relocated to New Zealand in his early thirties. Around that time, he was in a relationship with minister Jonathan Kirkpatrick.

Tim Barnett Net Worth

Tim Barnett is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tim Barnett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended the London School of Economics, from which he graduated with honors in the early 1980s. He later headed the Stonewall Lobby Group, an organization that fought for LGBT rights.

He sponsored the Prostitution Law Reform Bill, which was passed in 2003 and made prostitution no longer a crime in New Zealand.

Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, on 4 August 1958, he moved to New Zealand in 1991 with his former partner, Jonathan Kirkpatrick. Educated at the London School of Economics, graduating with a B.Sc. (Honours) in Economics (Government) in 1981. In the United Kingdom he had been the inaugural executive director of the Stonewall Lobby Group, which was the first professional lobby group set up in that country to work for equal rights for lesbian and gay people.

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In June 2017, Barnett become the CEO of FinCap (The National Building Financial Capability Trust) which is a new nationwide organisation dedicated to serving and strengthening New Zealand’s network of financial capability and budget advice agencies. Those local services support people facing urgent and deep financial problems to manage their debts and successfully find ways forward. FinCap has a network of 200 agencies throughout NZ and works with government and NGOs on a range of issues that aims to change of landscape of harm that debt and other associated factors has on the well being of all New Zealanders.

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Tim Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Tim Barnett celebrates birthday on August 4 of every year.